Recording-wattmeter.



F. F. KINNEY. RECORDING WATTMBTBR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1907. RENEWED SEPT. 13, 1912.

Patented May 6, 1913.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1.

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F. P. KINNEY. RECORDING WATTMETER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1907. RENEWED SEPT. 13, 1912.

1,061,182. Patented May 6, 1913.

s SHEETS-SHEET 2.

P. F. KINNEY.

RECORDING WATTMETER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1907. RENEWED SEPT. 13, 1912.

1,061,182. Patented May 6, 1913.

3 SHEETHHEET 3.

UNITED g'ii ATiErti i i i J,

FRANK F. KINNEY, OF UHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

1321111 013, Assam-Non, 1 CHICAGO ELECTRIC METER COMPANY, or oxalic/too, Emit-i A nlaRPORATltD JSNE ASSIGNIVIEKQ RECOEIIDINGWATTMETERi Application filed June 26. 199?, Scrial No, 380,2??5

concise, and exact description, reference bcdrmvings,

ing had to the accompanying forming it part of this SPGCifitiiltlOIl. My invent-hm relates to recording W216 RICH-BPS, and especially to the type of met-er which will antoinnticaily record the inte grations of an integrating Watti'nctcr mechanism at predetermined :st'ul'ed intervals,

Prominent objcctno'f the invention arc, to proridc a simple and practical printing mechanism for nutonmticnlly printing: the \Vili-i'lllQi'cl' inlegrzilioira; to :"range tlre 111:3 in conn 'ion with no integrating; wttttnictcr and l'tiCUL't. lllg mechanism that a mininiun'i space will be occupict'l and an advzur l-tigconn nrimigcincnt made; and t-o sccnre the foregoing and other ndvnntageous 1-9-- snlts in n SlIl'llJlQ and expeditious manner.

In tho- PJ'QmL-lli zipplifinilOIl I show an integrating recording wnltinetor involving the general lcziturcs of construction. and opera-- tion set forth in an {LPpllCt FliUil of mine- Swizz] No. 37 :tl 1%" y ii -l, 1907. In the pres 'i chow an improved printii l ly adapted for in oozing retrintiling watt inc-tor of any eliciition, and also combine-1i wiih nnw'tziliin \Ynltniolcr incclr flllifil li in an c-t i "eons mnrr nor. Sold. 3; is (-i'tiI-"llltj of use with other recording n1cchzlltlsllls and nilnptmi for con'ibinntion thorowilh or LillW lilHCZli thereto.

in :lrnn'in" vention; i1 Fi 3 in 2L now oi the rinzv and Fig. l a ilc nil c construction; 5 lb 1'. tliugrzinnimtic View illustrative of circuit connections.

ilcfcrring first to i rcscnl; nn intugrn ins; v. cnnni i f any prplcrrcd Styli, or fornn that shown lacing, 51 well known type of integrating witt3 Specification at Zic'ti? lnnvcver, I

in'i entctl May 1913.

11', 2. Serial No. 725,279.

meter inrolring the rotary disk Q and p ern ncnt magnets 3, cooperating thcrcwith. Said wzntineter has a rotary spindle 4- which projects from the case containing mechanism, and is adapted for connection with suitable recording inechnnisn'i, said spindle being rotated according to the inicgin'iiions oi the ms *in Connedied with the mittnietcr l as by ost-501' struts '1' is at ($2156 6 stqiportiing n conlinining mechanism by wh. 1 the integrations of thc watline'rci' are uutoinnlicnlly recorded at predetermined lJtBl'lOdS cl: time. Th 1s mechanism as shown,

comprises :1 clock-Work 7 which 11121.) be of nny sttii'ubi'c or preferred type. Thisclochwork in provided with a wheel .8 which so connected as to rotate once every twenty-- fonr'honrs, which i will call a 24-hour wheel, or simply an hour win-i131. The clock- "lli tin-o 3 oriiloti \i'ltl't it wheel 9 which rotates once ovary hour, which I will call ov minntowheol in its much in; it indicates the minutes; also a wheel 10 rot'niing once each ininnio which I call the second whoci as it indicate: the secondsi The in whorl 8 is provit'lothw'ith :1 rics of llOiLiiQti 1 1.1 which nrc located ntit desired to make a record iniogrntion. As shown, nroridczl with notches located i inrt fro-in i) u, in. until 7 nd hint on; no at .62 midnight, .ill occur tit thcso time.

. device 1 th the hour 7 ii, nnrii'ig n pointed mdnpwd to tit into the notches ll,

1' device H is protidvd in conihc mic and -Ct lltl whccls ing of n block cd at iiiand l? and n pair 13 on the other n; :1 o-cnt 0nd :l. ii in the located at 96 :tnot'hcr; that. is

)1} niinutt' "irt. in ,spring to n l'tj-w't upon (in: l

in shortcr than the 'nlcd with A Contact; is over the finger 15 A (i i .i is such that the spring mini ii full; jil'io one oi ihv EIUiClWR'Ql m the wheel 9 atone of the fifteen minute in tervals and the'two fingers 18 and 19 rest upon the wheel but as said wheel turns its abutment 24 passes under said fingers and permits the finger 18 to drop first because of its length; and when this finger drops, the contact strip 23 makes connection with the finger 19 and this connection lasts during the period of one second, which is the time required for the abutment to pass from under the finger 19 after the finger 18 has dropped. Thus a circuit connection is made through the fingers 18 and. 19 for the period of one second, at exactly the instant when a reading is to be taken. The hour wheel 8 having notches at halt hour intervals, will permit the contact to be made by the contact device 14 at the exact minute and second. of such half hour periods, it being understood that both the contact devices 12 and 14.- are included in one and. the same circuit, so that both or" the r must be closed in order to complete said circuit.

The printing device mounted at the top of the case 6 and consists of a e se containing printing type wheels and connec tions as will now be described. There are four type Wheels 26, 27, and Q9 moimted between side walls and 31 of we ease and parallel with said sides. Eacl. cit said wheels is provided with two sets of humorals, each set running from t) to i-ii .:lusive (Fig. ila-In this way the wheels are largei than they otherwise would be and the types are therefore more nearly flat. The wheels are mounted upon short spindles 32, 32, which are journaled' in plate 33 located between the side plates 30 and 31 and held in position by cross bars 34:, Sat. Each type wheel is mounted on a separate spindle, whereby it is free to revolve independently of the others, and the several type wheels are provided with gears. 3:3, 3? and. 38 respectively, and pinions In the lower part of the case is a spindle 39 which is connected as byv a spring -l0 (F2- 2) with the rotary spindle oi the wattmeter, and this spindle 35) is provided with a pinion 11 meshing with the gear on the type wheel 26. A gear 42 is mounted on a separate spindle 43, journaled in struts 33 and 33-", whereof the former one, with the end plate 31, Supports the spindle 3i). he gear 12 meshes with the pinion 35 on the type wheel 26, and a pinion 1% also on the spindle 43 meshes with the gear 36 on the type wheel 27. Another spindle is pro vided with a gear so which meshes ,Wlth the pinion 36 on the type wheel 2'. and is also provided. with a pinion l? which meshes with the gear 3? on the type wheel The spindle 45 ionrnalcil in struts 33* and 33". Another spindle journalcd in struts and 33 is provided with a gear meshing with the pin 51 37 on the type wheel 28.

A pinion 51 also on the spindle 49 meshes with gear 38 on the type Wheel 29. The struts or supports 33, 33, etc., are cut away as shown. in Fig. l to accommodate the type wheels and are supported by one of the upper and the two lower cross-bars 34, 34. The supports 33, 33" are substantially triangular in shape, and are supported by the two upper and one of the lower crossbars 34, 3%, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus it will be seen that the spindle 39 is driven by the \Yuttu'ieter and that it in turn drives the type wheel. 2:; which in turn, through the intermediate gears and pinions, drives the type wheels 2?, 2S and 29. The propertioning of the gears and pinions to one another is such as to turn the several type wheels each one one tenth ol the speed of the wheel next to the right, whereby the wheels will be turned to indicate units, tens, hundreds andthousands.

llei erririg to Fig. l, a solenoid is shown mounted "t one side of the printing type inechanisn'i just described, and this solenoid is provided with a plunger 53 pivotally conneeted with swinging lever 5 L carrying a platen provided with an inking ribbon 5-5 which adapted to cooperate with the type wheels 2'7, and 29. This solenoid 52 is connected with the relay 61 which in turn inclmled in a battery circuit containing the contact. devices and 14-, so that the closure of the battery circuit energizes the 31 and thereby closes the circuit containing the solenoid On the other side of the printing mechanism is a roller-56 and on the other side of the solenoid 52 is an other roller 57, and extended between these rollers a strip of paper 58 on which the record is to be printed. The roller 57 connected by a gear 59 with the clock-work, so that it will be driven to advance the paper strip 58 continuously over the printing mechanism. In the lower part of the mechanis n is spool 60 on which the paper is carried.

In Fig. 5, I have more clearly,set forth the circuit conditions. The circuit to operate the solenoid 52 is completed through the armature of the relay 61, and the circuit through the relay 61 is drawn as follows: .in the pin 70, through the spring 18, proecting strip 23, spring 19, the battery, coils of the relay 61, and the arm 12.

The operation of the device is as follows: The clock-work automatically closes the circuit through the solenoid 52 at predetermined intervals which in the construction shown are half hour intervals, thereby actuz-iting the solenoid and causing the same to operate the lever 54 and cause the platen wi-in it inking ribbon 55 to print upon the record strip he record strip is auto- "tically advanced and the printing wheels are also automatically turned and at each half hour interval the solenoid is again energized so that the printing of the upturned numerals on the printing wheels is automatically printed at each interval, thereby forming a complete record of the integrations of the wattmeter.

It will be understood that changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It will be seen that the printing mechanism is small and compact. and in as much as the type wheels are arranged lengthwise of the direction of movement of the paper, they occupy a minimum space. and that the whole arrangement can be titted con'ipletely and compactly in the mechanism with a great economy of space. a

It will also be seen that the type wheels, being of larger diameter owing to the two sets of numerals upon them, the printing will be more satisfactorily done because of the flatter shape of the types.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A recording wattmeter, comprising in" tegrating wattmeter mechanism, means for forming a record of the integrations of said mechanism, time keeping mechanism combined with means for electrically operating said recording mechanism by said time keepmg mechanism, said recording mechanism comprising a pivotally mounted platen, and a plurality of type wheels, for printing said record upon a strip of paper movable trans versely to the said platen.

2. A recording wattmeter, comprising integrating wattmeter mechanism, means for forming a record of the integrations of said mechanism, timekeeping mechanism combined with means for electrically operating said recording mechanism by said timekeeping mechanism. said recording mechanism comprising a pivotally mounted platen, a plurality of type wheels, and a solenoid and plunger for operating said platen.

3. A recording wattmeter, comprising integrating wattmeter mechanism, means for periodically automatically providing a record of the integrations of said mechanism, timekeeping mechanism I combined with means for operating said recording mechanism automatically at predetermined times by said timekeeping mechanism through the agency of electrical devices, said electrical devices consisting of a time-wheel, a pivotally mounted lever, and a relay.

4. A recording wattmeter, comprising integrating wattmeter mechanism, means for periodically automatically providin a record of the integrations of said mec anism, timekeeping mechanism combined with means for operating said recording mechanism automatically at predetermined times by said timekeeping mechanism through the agency of electrical devices, said electrical devices comprising a' time wheel, a pivotally mounted lever for periodically closing the operating electric circuit associated with said time wheel, a relay, and means whereby said relay operates the recording means.

5. A recording wattmeter, comprising integrating wattmeter mechanism, means for periodically automatically providing a record of the integrations of said mechanism, timekeeping mechanism combined with means for operating' said recording mechanism automatically at predeterminedtimes by said timekeeping mechanism through the agency of electrical devices, said electrical devices comprising a time wheel, a pivotally mounted lever for periodically closing. the operating electric circuit associated with said time wheel, a relay, and means whereby said relay operates a solenoid plunger to actuate the recording means.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 20th day of June, A. D. 1907.

' FRANK F. KINNEY. Witnesses:

IDA E. Kmrs'rnrn,

I. C. LEE. 

